The Thin Man (1934)

Story:
A young girl, whose inventor father is suspected of murder, asks the help of former detective Nick Charles. Nick is not too keen on returning to his abandoned profession, but his wife Nora thinks the case is exciting and it would be fun to solve it. And it is!

The story is based on the detective novel of the same title, first published in 1933, written by American author Dashiell Hammett. Would you like to read the book?

Featuring an involving mystery and sparkling repartee between William Powell and Myrna Loy, The Thin Man is an endlessly charming romp.
Rotten Tomatoes Critics Consensus

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Major accolades received by The Thin Man (1934)

• Featured in Roger Ebert’s Great Movies list.
• Included among the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die.
• Selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”.

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Read the book that inspired The Thin Man (1934)

Dashiell Hammett: The Thin Man
– first published in 1933 –

 

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